Thomas Fuller and Roy Fuller

For today I’ve chosen the following quotations by two “Fullers,”
Thomas and Roy, as well as a quotation from Proverbs:

“He that will not be merciful to his beast is a beast himself.”
~ Thomas Fuller (1608–1661), English clergyman and historian

"It is man who has fallen, not the beasts: that is the message even
for the irreligious, and to some extent salvation can be measured by
his very treatment of them."
~ Roy Fuller (11 February 1912–27 September 1991), English poet and
novelist

In the Book of Genesis we can see that it was humans, Adam and Eve,
through their disobedience, who brought about the fall.

“A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest
acts of the wicked are cruel.”
~ Proverbs 12:10

"Joyful Curmudgeon"
An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the
same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the
world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true
peace and compassion.